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Courtney Pierce
Courtney Pierce lives in Montana with her bossy cat. She dove into the writing life after a twenty-year career as an executive in the Broadway entertainment industry. She became transformed by the magic of fiction from a theater seat, studying what made audiences laugh, cry, or walk out the door. Her novels are filled with humor, poignant themes, and a touch of mystery. She writes for baby boomers, and there's always a pet to steal the show.
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Portland, Oregon’s own best-selling romance author, Olivia Novak, should have been entering life’s third act with a sparkling clean storybook Tudor, her first serious novel under her belt, and a real-life romance with her husband of thirty-two years. Instead, her husband was killed in a hit-and-run, a case the police have shelved, and she’s too worn out from her own obsessive three-year hunt for the culprit to write. Now, her mother has died. As the executrix of the estate, which doesn’t amount to much, Olivia prefers managing the paperwork to keeping a lid on the combustible brew that is her two sisters, Lauren and Danielle. At sixty, Lauren is Mom’s mouthy memory defender as she waits for the daily chime of wine o’clock. Danielle, the pampered baby of the family at forty-five, suddenly has nowhere to go, having lived with Mom since walking out on her fiancé, Ryan, a Portland cop. Olivia thinks the final straw is her elderly neighbor, R. D. Griffin, asking her to dog-sit Pogo, his unruly standard poodle. But she’s wrong. When R. D. goes missing, the three sisters and Pogo stick their noses into the case . . . and the dog senses something fishy. Can Pogo unite the sisters, help Ryan solve both cases, and inspire Olivia to deliver her next book? Olivia needs a lifeline from Mom from beyond the crematory urn, and she finds one in the safe - in the form of a manuscript. Olivia’s in for the story of her life, all right - but it’s beyond anything she could write on her own.
THE EXECUTRIX
THE DUSHANE SISTERS TRILOGY - BOOK 1 |
The Dushane sisters are back! Courtney Pierce brings us the second entry of this hilarious and poignant trilogy of three sisters who dig into their family dirt. What they find is sibling love, laughter, and tears.
Television interviews can be tricky. When best-selling author Olivia Novak is asked to appear on a New York talk show for her new book, The Executrix, she isn’t prepared for the invitation to include her two middle-age sisters, Lauren and Danny, and also Danny’s spoiled therapy dog, Pogo.
If the trip from Portland, Oregon, isn’t enough of a fiasco, the interview becomes a three-sister calamity. Slip-ups from Danny and Lauren about two other books - their mother’s posthumously published murder mystery and Olivia’s secret mobster memoir - set off a chain reaction of unwanted attention. Before they even leave the studio, the sisters are threatened with a lawsuit from Mom’s elderly cousin and hit the radar of the Philadelphia mob.
With video of Pogo’s shocked expression replaying on the giant screens in Times Square, Olivia goes into damage control. She piles her sisters, the dog, and their family baggage into an SUV to confront their accuser in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire - with a silver Lincoln tracking her bumper in the rearview mirror. Protecting Mom’s reputation might get them all killed - or give Olivia the ultimate story she’s been dying to live.
INDIGO LAKE
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The Dushane Sisters Trilogy comes to a rousing conclusion with INDIGO LEGACY.
Leave it to the Dushane sisters to complicate a simple situation . . .
If there’s one thing author Olivia Novak loves more than books it’s family dirt. The success of her deceased mother’s best-selling novel, Indigo to Black, begs for further investigation to find out if the so-called fictional murder is true. But she has one complication: the new love of Olivia’s life, 62-year-old attorney Woody Rainey, is connected to the story through his mother, too. Woody's mother sued Olivia and her two sisters, Lauren and Danny, over Indigo to Black. Cracking open the family “dirtball” is key to her and Woody’s future. And dead mothers tell no tales.
Digging into the truth begins under the hot lights of a book auction in New York. A collection of Woody’s inherited books is about to be sold. Letting go of first editions is nearly as tough for Olivia as removing her old wedding ring. In a desperate move before the hammer drops, Olivia makes a shocking decision that could blow apart her and Woody’s relationship.
This calamity requires a clean-up call to Olivia's street team in Portland, Oregon: her two sisters, Lauren and Danny, a Portland cop, and a pair of wise-guy therapy dogs, Pogo and Beauregard. But a monster snowstorm arrives with them. Protecting Mom’s reputation takes more than an unbreakable sibling bond and a vow of lifelong love—it requires a risk of life and limb and a four-wheel drive to have a sit-down with elderly mobsters in a Pennsylvania prison.
INDIGO LEGACY
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When living forever can be a choice, creating a legacy becomes a passion.
Going to an estate sale can change your life. When Jean and Spence Collins move home to Portland, Oregon, to get a little magic in their lives, they didn't count on actually finding it in an old chest from the estate sale of an elderly widow. Hidden inside the chest is an ancient piece of fabric, and the images of the birds on it are alive. The birds hold the key to immortality—and they're about to remind Jean and Spence of their own mortality. Their attempt to unthread the fabric's long history entangles the Collinses in a lethal triangle: the elderly widow who is counting on becoming immortal; the widow's greedy son who wants the fabric for its potential value; and the FBI agent who's after him for insider trading. But when the FBI agent witnesses the magical power of the fabric with his own eyes, an irrevocable bond is formed with Jean and Spence—a bond that gives them all the courage to take risks, tackle society's fiends, and make their dreams a reality in this life.
STITCHES is the debut novel of a trilogy series that follows the scintillating trail Jean and Spence leave in their wake as they sleuth their way toward retirement - with a little immortal help. It celebrates a new coming-of-age story: the adventurous spirit of the boomers who want to put away the remote and run to the next phase of life.
STITCHES
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The magic started in STITCHES and blossoms in BRUSHES, the second installment of the Collinses’ quest to transform their lives from ordinary to extraordinary as they sleuth their way toward retirement.
The power of art makes big waves for Jean and Spence Collins. With the magic of the ancient fabric still inside of them, the Collinses make their first visit to their newly inherited B&B in Richmond, Virginia. While there, Jean becomes obsessed with a small painting called The Dancing Boy. She says the painting speaks to her—and it really does! It has secrets to tell, and so do members of the immortal Gaines family who come out of eternal retirement. Immortality really can be a choice, and the possibility of it ignites a passion in the Collinses to realize their dreams in this life.
Jean and Spence have no idea the firestorm they’re about to unleash after they bring The Dancing Boy home to Portland, Oregon. When they take the painting to the museum to be cleaned by a gifted art student, the worlds of fine art, financial fraud, and magic converge to draw the Jean and Spence into the deadly game of a Ponzi scheme—a game that puts both their magical painting and their inheritance at risk. But the Collinses have a plan. Together with their friend at the FBI, agent Jon Segert, Jean and Spence realize the best way to combat greed is to create a living legacy of generosity—with a little immortal help.
BRUSHES
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When living forever is a choice, making the most of today becomes a passion.
Creating a legacy isn’t easy. More than magic is needed for Jean and Spence Collins to pull it off. Their baby boomer instincts tell them to get cracking; the countdown has begun for the jazz festival to celebrate the opening of Spence’s vintage record store in downtown Milwaukie, Oregon. The arrival of two elderly jazz musicians changes the game.Legs Flanders and Wheezy Beevers have come to play the grand finale—and to steal the show. Only Legs can breathe life into the legendary harmonica once owned by Muddy Waters.
But the past is catching up with Jean, Spence, and FBI agent, Jon Segert. An investigation into the ancient magical fabric is opened by Jon’s nemesis, Special Agent Dan Brick. The secret of immortality is on the verge of being exposed to the world. Can the harmonica protect the fabric, help Jon take down the last inside trader on his hit list, and set the course for the Collinses’ future? The goals are in their grasp, but Jean and Spence must first secure Legs's and Wheezy’s immortal place in music history.
The STITCHES trilogy comes to a thrilling conclusion as Jean and Spence celebrate the magic of life’s tune, and also the music legends that make it worth living.
RIFFS
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